Brand new 1930s house is built to test energy efficiency
Mark Milner, The Guardian, 21 Apr 2008
E.ON, one of Britain's big six energy suppliers, is teaming up with the University of Nottingham to build a replica 1930s house which will be used to test technologies aimed at improving the energy performance of Britain's ageing housing stock.
The three-bedroomed semi-detached house, on the university's "Green Close", will replicate what the partners describe as "many of the ageing and energy inefficient domestic properties" in the UK.
The government has set a target for new houses to be zero carbon by 2016 but industry experts acknowledge big efforts will be needed to improve the energy performance of the existing housing stock. ... Read full article